CVE-1999-0112

Summary

CVE-1999-0112 denotes a buffer overflow vulnerability present in the dtterm program of the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) in AIX operating systems. This issue arises due to insufficient bounds checking on user input, allowing malicious actors to inject and execute malicious code. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the dtterm process. Users running unpatched AIX systems with CDE installed were at risk until appropriate patches were released.

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